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J. MOE. AMES.-

UNDEBFBAME. APPLIGATION FILED 11111.16, 1910.k

Patented AJuly 8,1913..

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1 .'I'Jenyirigr drawings, 'which illustrate the., prej- 'ot f oNpERrizgiu 1 Application filed: March- 3.inventedfeertuinnew mid useful Improve: l"

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' y vie-wf of. en: :url-dumme embodying they-features of' the 'present invent-ion, gone' half. of

-fftixelfraine{beingfbroken away.-

2; issav .'jlongitudinal fverticiifl v central section therethrough tsiken fon' th'eplne-"indieztted byline "2"-'Qof Fig: l'.l Figs'.v 3 and 4":ire'tra-nsverse 'Yertieal Sections' taken iespeCt-iYely-onfthe I n' iQ-gflgend-"lo'oking in the'direeti'on'indiciited by alrrows; 1 Fig. "5 is anenlarged 'detailed youd the vside sills..

'- fragmentary 'vertical' section taken' on 1- the plane indicated by line- Vof Fig,- 3 'and looking in.v the direction indicated' by' Athe tir-- roW. Fig. 6 is 'a' 'top pla-n View thereof, prts beingb1-roken out-for disclosing. interior' con-il struction.

fragment'ryeleyation'of one-'of the-,truss rod- "anchor 'blocks 'and contiguous' 'parts,i parts .beingl broken away and seenin seetiom Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed Referring-to the detelils are sidefsills or connectors, 'eachv comprising a" b e'a'rn 'l2-shaped iii'cross' section, the 'sills being oon-- lii'iwzndly` 'from eacli end sill is a body bolster' C, which extendsbeneath andslightly'be- Extending through, (and, framed. into the bolster C.' are thecenter sills D D5 theirends terminating in connections Wi.th' the1'usual draft rigging members E. .'Sills D'f'ane spaced apart and are,formedA by' channels facing inwardly; 'that is-, openin' toward each other. Spaced from t'ii'e In'id leof the unclerfirame,v at either side of; the transverse median line hfl'tOfyv 'are crossbreis F :it the points jdesi fiebein'g :eem-'pleite bye-feine gsibjeing' J5." one'4 off' dfeltending dage; Saddle, 7o

'orbesrrers"F," which s'ftddles are spaced at {great-'erf di"st-'en ioe.'A p'ert' tliii' the' spacing of l'thefends of"rodsnJgfr'spreding the inter` inediti-te portions of. ;sa'id. rods, and thus eausingfthe'.' rods,f.in sustaining their usual tension "s"t-ress'es,"to exert; an inward or cen 'tering stress' on the. parts.- lThe' relative spredifg of the-rods is indioted'in Fig. 1`v ofthe -d ranting, bythe 'dimension' 'inet-ks M 'neoi the lends, Vsind 18"cont'iguous cross.- -bezi'rer's 'F; these measurements indicating `the distance from centerto center of the rods gnztte'd in tlie" particular sti'uct-ureillustrate. vv Eaoh'bolster'C ismade up of two pairs of 'Harige-d plates 0r vd,iephregggns '1Q-1, fixed to and extending outwardlyf frorn the'- sills v i yD and`.conneoted. by top and bottoni coverl plates '2"and'3, the bolsterv being ooniplet'ed 'by' the fillerblook K; disposed.lcgetween the sills' D 'one lineI with f the di'.lgplxrt-tlgm's, and .lia'vingv-'a Contoi'ir 'snugly' fitting and filling,v

the space.' between the sills. 'FilleriK is fixed to sills D preferably by the saine rivets 'which' connect 'the diaphragme l thereto,

seiidl rivets'be'ing passed t-llrouglithe webs of the sill's'and the flanges of the diaphifagms and lleif, uidv the iiller is also connected to ,the 'center sills by the'rivetsjwhich extend 100 through*the'tlangesof the' sills and see-ure thetop andbotltorn cover plates.- Filler K Acti'lisists *offv a slibSt'ant-ial-ly rectanguli box ingr comprising side plates 4--4 and top and bottom plates' 54 and .6,- the latter being 105" shaped-toponimi: to the ouvrait-gre of the phragm chaffl resting on said tension member and a dlaphrag'm restlngon sald chau" and engaglng the outer face' of sald Web.

26.4 In a. car underframe, spaced sills, each sill comprising @tension member and a ver;

tical Web, filling meansdisposed between and suppal't'ed by said tension members and;l adaptedy to support cross-bearing-members Qu the outside of said vert-ical Webs.

`As an urtlcle of manufacture,' a chair hnwng a pnrtlon adapted to -serve as a seat -member adapted to supportspaced elia- 15 pln'aglns.` A In'vvitn'ess whereof I have hereunto set -my hand'in the presence of two Witne'sseS.

. v JOHN MCE.. AMES.

Witnesses: v

' F. H. Glens,

P. A. KoLLs.

Copies lof-.Qtllis.patent may be obtained fer five cents ea'ch, by addressing lche Cmmssioner of Patent-5,'

f i Washington, DLC'. 

